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Profitable Founder

Profitable Founder

Written by: Florian Darroman
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Twice a week (Wed/Sun), I interview the best indie hackers and tech founders so you can steal their playbook and apply it to your own journey.


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  • I made $46K in 35 days with OpenClaw 🦞

    I made $46K in 35 days with OpenClaw 🦞
    Mar 24 2026
    🔷 Try Distribb for Free: https://distribb.io?utm_source=yt-nevo Nevo David built Postiz, an open-source social media scheduler, and grew it from $0 to $66K MRR. It took him 3 years to go from 0 to $20K MRR. The last $46K took 35 days. Thanks to one viral article and the OpenClaw wave. In this episode, he breaks down every growth hack he used, how he made his SaaS agentic-first, and why this is the biggest blue ocean for founders right now. Try Postiz:https://postiz.com/ Follow Nevo: https://x.com/wickedguro 🦞 Join the OpenClaw Community: https://openclawlab.xyz Chapters: 0:00 - $2K/day from a SaaS nobody expected 0:50 - "When you're lucky so many times, it's not luck" 2:41 - How Postiz started as a completely different product 5:17 - His first Reddit launch got 250K views 6:29 - Why open source (and why it's not for everyone) 8:33 - "Open source got very AI sloppy" 9:56 - Why contributors work for free 11:33 - The 9 growth hacks that got him to $20K 12:31 - How he wins Product Hunt every time 15:46 - The "gray area" growth tactics 16:57 - [Distribb] How to automate your distribution 18:15 - Start now or it's too late for mid-tier SaaS 19:16 - Riding trends: N8N, MCP, and Starter Story 22:41 - Don't be the hype, ride the hype 23:42 - How he deals with failure 25:55 - Finding your real ICP (it wasn't who he expected) 29:04 - The OpenClaw story begins 31:45 - 200 followers, 7 million views, 700 trials 33:42 - X articles are the new Reddit 36:42 - Paying 200-follower accounts to write articles 37:41 - "LLMs are starting to recommend my tool" 38:12 - How to make your SaaS agentic-first 40:55 - You just need a skill, a CLI, and an API 43:40 - "Postiz doesn't even need a dashboard anymore" 46:40 - "When everybody can do everything, nobody makes money" 47:21 - Why enterprise SaaS is in trouble 50:36 - Managing virality as a solo founder 52:20 - "Being overwhelmed is the worst thing for a founder" 54:11 - Automating support with AI agents 56:09 - Burnout and context switching 57:27 - His daily priority system: bugs first, marketing second 1:00:42 - The personal chat assistant era is here to stay 1:03:06 - Who should go all-in on agentic as a service --- Find me on X: https://x.com/floriandarroman Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/florian.darroman/ Get customers from Google and AI on autopilot: https://distribb.io Join 300+ founders building with OpenClaw: https://openclawlab.xyz Website: https://floriandarroman.com All podcast episodes: https://profitablefounder.xyz
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • I built a $1M Startup in 117 days (I had 16 followers)

    I built a $1M Startup in 117 days (I had 16 followers)
    Mar 16 2026
    🔷 Try Distribb for Free: https://distribb.io?utm_source=yt-yasser Yasser Elsaid built ChatBase from 0 to $1M ARR in 117 days with just 16 followers on X. No funding, no sales team, no connections. In this episode, he shares the mindset that got him there, how he stayed locked in during the chaos of early growth, why he didn't sell at $1M, and what he believes separates founders who burn out from those who break through. Now ChatBase does $8M ARR and serves thousands of companies worldwide. Find Yasser on X: https://x.com/yasser_elsaid_ Try ChatBase: https://link.chatbase.co/florian-darroman Join 3,000+ readers: https://floriandarroman.beehiiv.com/ Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:50 The Hardest Milestone 2:11 What Tesla and Meta Didn't Teach Him 3:51 From Side Project to Chatbase 6:21 Posting With 16 Followers 7:45 Where Self-Belief Comes From 9:42 Managing Virality 10:22 Staying Locked In During Hypergrowth 12:07 Sleep and Balance? Not Yet. 13:49 Why He Didn't Sell at $1M ARR 16:16 Finding a Clear Path 17:52 Reaching Out to Peter Levels 19:18 Best Founder Advice He Got 21:13 What Makes a Perfect Product 24:02 PLG Explained 27:02 How to Build a Product That Sells Itself 28:52 Launching Features to Capture New Markets 31:42 The Shopify Partnership 34:41 Influencer Marketing: What Stopped Working 36:26 Best Channels for B2B SaaS 39:29 Why a Developer Started Doing Video 41:13 When to Stop Making Every Decision 43:05 Why Most Agencies Failed Him 44:16 Hiring Rule: 100% or Nothing 46:04 Cutting Churn From 27% to 8.8% 48:32 The $100M Vision 49:45 The Future of AI Agents 52:38 Why Founders Should Embrace Boredom --- Find me on X: https://x.com/floriandarroman Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/florian.darroman/ Get customers from Google and AI on autopilot: https://distribb.io Join 300+ founders building with OpenClaw: https://openclawlab.xyz Website: https://floriandarroman.com All podcast episodes: https://profitablefounder.xyz
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • How I got 1,000 paying users for my SaaS with only 2 videos (copy me)

    How I got 1,000 paying users for my SaaS with only 2 videos (copy me)
    Mar 9 2026
    Get 50% off your first month on Velio using the code « florian »: https://velio.co/?ref=florian59 In this video, Marcus shares the best SaaS marketing strategy to get your first 1000 customers without ads. Marcus Jones grew one of the biggest YouTube education channels to nearly 500K subscribers and launched his SaaS, Velio, to 1000 paying users in just 60 days with only 2 YouTube videos. In this conversation, he breaks down his complete playbook: - The 6 things that actually matter on YouTube - How to find video ideas with built-in demand - Why most founders make "solution aware" videos instead of "problem aware" ones, - The exact video structure that has generated over 7 figures in sales. Whether you're a SaaS founder, app builder, or indie hacker trying to grow without paid ads, this is the roadmap. Marcus Jones' YouTube Channel: @Marcus-Jones Join OpenClaw Lab: https://openclawlab.xyz Find me on X: https://x.com/floriandarroman Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/florian.darroman/ Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 1:05 - Why start YouTube as a founder? 2:00 - The real problem with YouTube advice 3:51 - The 6 things that actually matter 4:28 - #1: How often should you post? 6:24 - #2: What makes people choose you? 10:33 - How to find your X factor 15:10 - #3: The consistency trap 19:00 - When quitting is smart 21:33 - Aristotle's rule for YouTube 25:07 - #4: Retention isn't production quality 30:17 - #5: Why your packaging is broken 32:44 - How long to spend on thumbnails? 34:14 - His team behind the scenes 34:50 - A/B testing that actually works 38:09 - When to start hiring 40:43 - #6: The one thing that trumps everything 44:02 - Finding ideas with built-in demand 47:03 - The metric nobody talks about 52:44 - You don't need data skills for this 55:31 - How he got 1000 users with 2 videos 57:36 - Problem-aware vs solution-aware videos 1:01:12 - The video structure that made 7 figures 1:06:45 - Starting from zero: the exact plan 1:13:38 - Stealing formats from other niches 1:18:09 - The biggest mistake to avoid 1:20:15 - The mindset that keeps you going --- Find me on X: https://x.com/floriandarroman Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/florian.darroman/ Get customers from Google and AI on autopilot: https://distribb.io Join 300+ founders building with OpenClaw: https://openclawlab.xyz Website: https://floriandarroman.com All podcast episodes: https://profitablefounder.xyz
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    1 hr and 23 mins
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